Woolwich Townwhip

About 25 years after Pennsylvania Mennonites arrived, another group of US emigrants started a new life in what would be Waterloo Region. They—freemen and runaway slaves—founded settlements on undeveloped lands in Colbornesburg and later in Queen’s Bush. By the 1840s, the Queen’s Bush Settlement’s population was approximately 2000, of whom approximately 1500 were black. This […] Read more…

About Rye & Ginger

Waterloo Region's food histories, traditions, and influences: from butter tarts to butter chicken.
Rye & Ginger is a food history project that spotlights the histories, traditions, and influences on how, why, and what is eaten in this part of Canada.